Whenever you need an authoritative answer to a copyright law question, turn first to the undisputed authority in the field: Nimmer on Copyright®.

Cited in more than 3100 decisions by U.S. federal and state courts, no other treatise is relied upon by judges as heavily as Nimmer on Copyright®. This definitive work on copyright law is a rich resource for the expert as well as the practitioner just beginning to explore the arena. Nimmer on Copyright® has appeal both to the domestic and international audience. Accompanying the emergence of global communications, U.S. copyright issues are increasingly relevant to foreign parties whose protected works are easily being transmitted from foreign locales into the U.S.

Everything you need to practice copyright law more confidently:

In-depth, comprehensive analysis of modern U.S. copyright law affecting printed works, plays and motion pictures, music, artistic property, software and digital content delivered over the Internet.

Up-to-date guidance on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- including copyright protection to combat piracy and rules to determine liability for online infringement.

Three updates throughout the year to incorporate all significant copyright law decisions into the text.

Expert insights into open questions of law and suggested lines of argument to plan the most effective strategies for your clients -- and maximize the scope of their copyright protection.

State-of-the-art transactional forms with side-by-side commentary written by leading copyright law practitioners.

Text of all relevant statutes, regulations, treaties and legislative histories.

The eBook version of this title features links to Lexis Advance for further legal research options.

Nimmer on Copyright® is a registered trademark of Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.

Authors / Contributors

David Nimmer

David Nimmer

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Melville B. Nimmer, author 1963 - 1985

David Nimmer, revision author 1985 to present.

The late Melville B. Nimmer was widely regarded as the master in the field of copyright law, and in 1985 the National Law Journal named him "One of the 100 most powerful lawyers in the United States."

David Nimmer teaches copyright courses at the UCLA School of Law and is Of Counsel to Irell & Manella in Los Angeles, California. Since 1985, he has assumed responsibilities from his father, the late Professor Melville B. Nimmer of UCLA, for updating and revising Nimmer on Copyright, the standard reference treatise in the field, routinely cited by U.S. and foreign courts at all levels in copyright litigation. Apart from his treatise, Prof. Nimmer authors numerous law review articles on domestic and international copyright issues. Prof. Nimmer also lectures widely in the copyright area, from Rome to Tel Aviv to annual addresses at the USC IP Institute in Beverly Hills.

In addition to writing and lecturing, Prof. Nimmer represents clients in the entertainment, publishing, and high technology fields -- dealing with everything from Google Books to Winnie the Pooh. Congress invited him to give testimony about copyright reform in 2014 (his third time testifying on the Hill). He has also given Parliamentary testimony in Sydney.

Prof. Nimmer received an A.B. with distinction and honors from Stanford University, and his J.D. at Yale Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Yale Law Journal.